A SHOCKING CASE.
YOUNG WOMAN DISCHARGED WITHOUT CALLING ON DEFENCE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Dunedin, last night. _ The hearing of the charge against Elizabeth Hiscoek, a young woman of about 20 years of age, of having murdered her infant male child, was continued to-day. Dr Hall, house surgeon at the I hospital, who examined accused on the I 13th May, said it was highly improbable he would not have noticed her condition if she was the mother of the infant whose body was found. Mr Graham, S.M., without calling on the defence, said that after Dr Hall’s statement no jury would convict on the evidence, and he would take the responsibility of dismissing the case,
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 193, 22 August 1901, Page 2
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114A SHOCKING CASE. Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 193, 22 August 1901, Page 2
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